(It has a gold certification.) From there, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. Tupac’s debut, 2Pacalypse (1991), is the only one that didn’t go platinum. Again, the you can thank the confusion of the RIAA system of counting a double-record as two copies for that.Įither way, the number is bigger than Bob Dylan’s total number of records shipped in the U.S. However, his 36.5 million records shipped isn’t quite what it seems. The Notorious B.I.G., Tupac Shakur and Redman backstage at a Tupac Shakur performance at on Jin New York | Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesĪt a glance, Tupac’s tally seems to dwarf that of Biggie. (Streaming numbers would be separate.) Tupac Shakur’s count sits at 36.5 million albums shipped All told, the RIAA puts Biggie at 21 million records shipped, though the double-album complicates it. (You could call it 5.5 million because they count both discs in a double LP.)īorn Again (double platinum), the ’99 posthumous release, and 2005’s Duets (platinum), also surpassed the million-sales mark. Since its release, the RIAA has shipped over 11 million copies of the Billboard No. Life After Death, Biggie’s second and final album, didn’t hit record stores until 16 days after his Madeath. 15 on the Billboard pop charts in October ’94.) Ready to Die (1994), his spectacular debut, has shipped over 6 million units since its release.
Whatever way you want to measure it, Biggie enjoyed terrific commercial success both in his lifetime and posthumously. Ides malt liquor, New York, New York, 1995. The RIAA has Biggie Smalls at 21 million records shipped in the USīiggie Smalls (also known as the Notorious B.I.G., born Christopher Wallace, 1972 – 1997) holds a bottle of St. Note: For this post, we refer to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) count of albums shipped to stores (rather than sold at a register). Whichever hip-hop legend you prefer, one clearly has the edge in sold records in America, though the numbers are deceiving on some levels because of double-album sales. (For starters, police haven’t solved either murder.)īut the rappers’ ’90s rivalry - and their tragic deaths less than a year apart - have linked the two forever in history. Anyone who’s heard their records knows why Biggie and Pac’s music won’t die.Īs for the conspiracy theorists - a film suggesting 2Pac is alive after secretly fleeing to New Mexico will come out in 2021 - the circumstances surrounding their deaths tells that part of the story. (aka Biggie Smalls, or just Biggie), music fans and conspiracy theorists alike haven’t been able to let them go. Since the deaths of Tupac Shakur (aka “2Pac”) and the Notorious B.I.G.
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